Nice holiday [View Full Entry]

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We crossed the small channel between the Greek island Samos and Turkey Asia Minor in a short time but waiting a long time to get things situated (İ'm using a Turkish keyboard and typing, slowly, with my mouth open. The biggest difference, the i which, apparently İ use a lot...} we crammed on with a large Italian tour group and were ushered off and into an ultra modern port burger king starbucks gummy bears so much to buy we couldn't find the exit but we did and walked to our hotel a re-vamped strong-hold/hotel for merchants on the silk road think [View Full Entry]

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So, we are back from our aegean cruise through the Greek islands! To highlight, we went to Mykonos, Kos, Syros, Paros, Kalymnos, and Bodrum in Turkey. It was a budget cruise put on by the budget airline company; easyjet. And it was worth every penny. Booking ahead, for two people, getting your own room with a bathroom and everything, it was about 112 pounds, or 224 dollars. That's about 112 dollars per person. Which if you think about it, is less than the price of accomodation for 6 nights most of the time. So it was a bargain. Food is not [View Full Entry]

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Hi, Sorry for the radio silence, I am alive and kicking in Turkey! Following an exciting and communist collector item fuelled trip to Sofia (and a trip to the beautiful mosiac filled Rila Monastary), I got the remainder of the Orient Express to Istanbul. Apparently there was drama at the Turkish border at 3am, and lots of American tourists complaining that the border guard had taken their passports and *shock horror* they were out of sight (in the polis station). I missed the whole thing by sleeping with earplugs, waking up with 10 mins to train departure time, sauntering out and [View Full Entry]

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Tonight is my last night at what has been the very best place to stay on the whole trip. Tomorrow im of to catch a bout down the coast. I cant say enough about how great my time here has been. Yesterday was one of the best days yet. I started the day with a insane trak up a mountain and saw some beautiful vistas. Then after a few dips in the pool, i went to the turkish bath and had a great sweat, scrubbed off the dead skin from my body and got a massage from a 300lbs. Turk. When [View Full Entry]

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Today we made our way through the ancient city of Ephesus. Normally the expedition costs around 5 lira for the bus round trip, 10 lira entry to ephesus, 10 lira entry to the grotto of the seven sleepers, and 5 lira for water. I managed to do it for free. i rode down to the city with a group that gave free rides if you looked at their carpet store... weird i know. found a hole in the fence at ephesus and just slipped in with a crowd. The same at the grotto of the sleeping seven(its a cave where seven [View Full Entry]

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Well, ive made it to turkey. the journey was long, confusing, exausting, and abit pricey, but so far its looking like it was worth it. We left ios tuesday at 10am. we were already down one brit buddy who had to return home early. So the four of us, me,sandy,cotton, and dan, struck out for the island of syrios. after a 6 hour ferry ride we sat in the port of syrios, waiting for our next ferry at 1:40 in the morning, to samos. We set up our gypsy camp of bags and two of us stayed put while the other [View Full Entry]

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Eindelijk zitten we dan in ons eigen huisje!!! Foto's volgen nog. Met internet. Wat nogal wat voeten in de aarde heeft gehad. Maar goed heb van Erik-Jan en bernice (ex collega's) begrepen dat ik me niet zo druk moest maken. Ik heb met pijn in mijn hart afscheid moeten nemen van de Imam. Toch 3 weken 5x per dag naar moeten luisteren en ben heel veel wijzer geworden hier in het oosten. Ook ga ik een programmavoorstel indienen hier bij de TRT een soort Idols voor Imams. Er zit toch verschil in de Imam hier in Bitez is rustig vergeleken bij [View Full Entry]

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Pamukkale is a three-hour drive from Selcuk, the majority of which I sleep right through. I’m not actually sure if the little town with nothing to do at the bottom of the mountains is Pamakkule, or if the actual attraction is called Pamakkule, but honestly I can’t be bothered right now. I start the walk up towards the calcium pools with a stroll (or sweaty hike in the blazing sun) through Heiropolis and its necropolis. OK the ruins are not impressive after what I saw yesterday at Ephesus, but the scenery was nice. Very Little House on the Prairie, except well [View Full Entry]

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Which of the following would you rather be: King, Prime Minister, Prince, President, Emperor, Chief, Pharaoh, or Sultan? ‘King’ would be cool, but don’t you think a little overplayed? And too many people have the tainted and failed the crown already. ‘Primer Minister’, that just sounds toolish. Poor Monaco, ‘Prince’ is a total rip-off. ‘President’ could be fun but it seems a bit too business-like, no? ‘Chief’ reminds me of fat policemen and I think endless donuts would lead to diabetes. ‘Pharaoh’ comes in close I reckon, I quite like the idea of being buried forever with mounds of treasure, if [View Full Entry]

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